Race Plans For Sweikert Hug the Rail
Indianapolis AP coverage notes Bob Sweikert's strategy for the 402 mile race next Wednesday at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway. He plans a 135 mph pace around the 2 44 mile layout using a rail hugging line while dodging a grove at the turn. He faces a 10th place start and battles notable rivals including Pat Flaherty Jim Rathmann Tony Bettenhausen Johnnie Parsons and Pat OConnor as 33 cars qualify.
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Intmanapolis
Reading
Bob Sweikert
Imdionagelis Motor Speedway
Pat Flaherty
Jim Rathmann
Tony Bettenhausen
Johnnie Parsons
Pat O’connor
Sturday
Sime Can Outpace Mickey Mantle, Says Sasso
Fair Lawn NJ athletic director Virgil Sasso predicts David Sime, a 19 year old Duke baseball and track standout, will break 19.9 and outpace Mickey Mantle as a center fielder. Sime already set sprint records and Olympic hopes, with a powerful bat and versatile fielding potential.
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New York
NEA
Virgil ‘Sasso
David William Sime
Dave ‘Sime
Sasso
David
Fair Lawn
N.J
Sime
Jim
Duke University
Auburn
Mickey Mantle
PE Oldsoy
Virgil Sasso
Eastern Iowa Fairways TM Adds Years To Club Life
Joe Wolfe of Wilson Sporting Goods advises golfers to clean and store clubs properly to extend life and improve play. Cedar Rapids Marion courses offer cleaning and storage services $7 to $12 yearly. Home cleaning uses detergent water a vegetable brush and towel. moisture rusts irons and wood heads. Leather grips should be washed dried and oiled replaced if needed. Off season storage should be in a closet with shafts oiled. avoid basements garages or trunks.
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Joe Wolfe
Wilson Sporting Goods Company
Golf Club
Chicago
Wolfe
Cedar Rapids
Marion
Sulhoff
Joe
West Side Meet For Kids Dads At Roosevelt School
All west side boys planning Kid league baseball this summer are invited to bring their fathers to a meeting at Roosevelt school at 7 30 p m Thursday. Roosevelt Booster club arranged use of the school. Baseball movies will be shown and the 1956 Kid league program explained in short talks by coaches and league officials.
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Roosevelt School
Roosevelt Booster Club
Mitchell and Longnecker to state Jaycee meet
Bob Mitchell of Vinton and Bill Longnecker of Belle Plaine will represent Belle Plaine at the state Jaycee junior golf tournament in Waterloo June 18 and 19. Mitchell won the Belle Plaine junior tourney with 77 while Longnecker tied with 80s and then won a sudden death playoff for second. Primus and Jim Johnson tied for fourth.
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Gazette
Belle Plaine
Bob Mitchell
Vinton
Bill Longnecker
Waterloo
Mitchell
Longnecker
David Johnson
Don Primus
Jim Johnson
Marengo
Dyersville Whitehawks Seek Fourth Straight Win
DYERSVILLE The Dyersville Whitehawks host the Epworth Legion at 8 p.m. aiming for their fourth consecutive victory in a row.
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Dyersville Whitehawks
Brecial
Gazette
Dyersville
Epworth Legion
Whitehawks
Wildcats To Host Big Ten Track Meet Next Spring
MINNEAPOLIS AP Big Ten athletic directors chose Northwestern as the site for next year’s outdoor track meet May 24 25 Directors also named sites and dates for swimming fencing wrestling gymnastics for 1956 57 Ohio State indoor track March 1 2 and the 200 yard individual medley was approved for dual conference swimming meets.
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Minneapolis
Big Ten
Northwestern
Minnesota
Ohio State
Michigan
Set Junior Legion Loop In NE Iowa
Special to The Gazette describes a new Junior Legion baseball league formed in northeast Iowa eighth district with six teams Decorah Cresco Calmar Postville Waukon Harpers Ferry and outlines the June July and August schedule with matchups including Decorah Calmar Waukon Cresco Harpers Ferry and Postville. Roy Snyder Jack Edling Ed Squires Glenn Jarms Leonard Hanson Jim Williams are listed as managers. The season opens June 3.
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Gazette
Calmar
Decorah
Jack Edling
Cresco
Ed Squires
Roy Snyder
Postville
Glenn Jarms
100 Entries for Oelwein Races
More than 100 entries have been received for speed boat races to be held in Oelwein on June 10. Ten races are scheduled across all outboard and hydroplane classes with many nationally known drivers anticipated. The event is sponsored by the Central States Power Boat Association and the Oelwein Chamber of Commerce.
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Oelwein
Central States Power Boat Association
Oelwein Chamber of Commerce
Tigers Enlist Hoeft for Army Physical in Milwaukee
Tigers center Hoeft is ordered to report for an Army physical in Milwaukee after being declared 4-F and rejected from service. The move affects the team as preparations for upcoming games proceed amid personnel uncertainty.
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Tigers
Hoeft
India
Milwaukee
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